DAY 13 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!
When music started getting WEIRD which led to the awesome 80s College Rock years - the 70s!!!
Each day I’ll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!
Discovered Black Devil Disco Club this month through a friend. Great Stuff.
For all the crap on the airwaves, this decade still had a ton of great music. For instance…
@perishthethought @ren
so good
I mean, some absolute gems in this decade from Bowie, Krafwerk, Roxy Music, Talking Heads… god damn.
But for me, as a huge Violent Femmes fan, finding Velvet Underground was so important. Which song though??? tough choice, but let’s go with an absolute classic that I listen to on the reg: “Pale Blue Eyes” https://youtu.be/KisHhIRihMY
All my favorite bands point back to the VU - Alex Chilton, REM, Yo La Tengo, and on and on. They were cooler than cool.
There’s so much I want to mention but I’ve managed to narrow it down to a few things.
My dad is a big fan of Yes so here’s a track that I heard a lot when I was a kid and still love today.
As an adult I’ve made some effort to dig into the stuff I missed out on from previous decades. I recently “discovered” Lou Reed and love everything he’s done.
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
And finally I want to bring up Brian Eno’s contributions to ambient music. No specific track but I love his albums Another Green World and Music for Airports.
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